Jackie Chan's job-hopping phenomenon has triggered a thing that all film companies and film and television companies are most unwilling to see, that is, the issue of artists' salaries. [Full text reading]

Before that, all actors were contract workers, which meant that after you signed a contract with a company, the salary would be determined according to your position.

In this circle, Shaw Brothers' salary is the least, the average actor's monthly salary is only more than 2,000 Hong Kong dollars, and some first-line actors can get more than 3,000-4,000 Hong Kong dollars, such as Jiang David, Dillon, Wang Yu and others are measured by the salary of each film, and the salary they gave Bruce Lee for each film was not very much. In the end, Jiahe picked up a big bargain.

Golden Harvest's salary is better than that of Shaw Brothers, first-line actors have a salary of more than 4,000, of which Bruce Lee's two films reached 10,000 US dollars, for Bruce Lee, this salary is simply too low to be lower, so Zou Wenhuai took out dividends in time to retain Bruce Lee, but this phenomenon did not last for half a year, Wang Xiaohu directly took Bruce Lee's reading ability, so Concord Company's salary and dividends became the highest in the entire circle.

Golden Harvest poached Jackie Chan with 10 million Hong Kong dollars this time, directly creating a record of the highest salary in the history of Hong Kong films, this kind of unfair competition caused the bosses of major film and television companies to scold angrily: Fuck, do you Golden Harvest have no money to spend, you can dig Jackie Chan with 10 million to be low-key, you have to make trouble all over the city, now it's okay, our artists have begun to raise salaries, and if you don't raise your salary, you will jump ship, Zou Wenhuai, why don't you take the lead!

10 million Hong Kong dollars, first-line actors have to struggle for 300 years even if they don't drink it, can people live to be 100 years old, obviously not, the "Jackie Chan effect" soon triggered a large-scale strike by some artists, they held banners and shouted slogans to strongly demand that the bosses of film and television companies increase their salaries, but this phenomenon did not happen in Concord and Shaw Brothers.

All the artists of Concord Company add up to less than a dozen people, and Wang Xiaohu has treated them very well from salary to family since he became home, and more importantly, the current artists of Concord are all core members, except for Jackie Chan who feels that the dividends are uneven and attracted by the check of 10 million from Golden Harvest, the company is now more united and cohesive.

Don't look at the Shaw Brothers did not have a demonstration, it was Shaw's long-term contract that hindered the artist, so Shaw was also upset and came to Wang Xiaohu to pour bitter water: "Xiaohu, this incident of Golden Harvest makes me feel unprecedented pressure, you have to help me think of a good way." ”

Wang Xiaohu shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "Sixth uncle, I can't help it, okay, when I encounter this kind of thing, I can only consider myself unlucky." ”

"Golden Harvest is demonstrating to you! Don't you want to fight back? Run Run Shaw looked at Wang Xiaohu in surprise, in the two years he has dealt with Wang Xiaohu, this kid has never been dumb and losing, it is a little oppressive and directly counterattacks the lord with all his strength, how did he change his surname today?

Wang Xiaohu smiled, shook his head and said: "Don't take the problem too seriously, this is just an assumption created by Golden Harvest Company to the outside world, if the outside world knows that Jackie Chan takes this 10 million and must shoot more than 20 movies for Golden Harvest Company, his single salary is only 500,000 yuan." ”

"500,000 is high enough, are you still lifting less?" Run Run Shaw pouted and said, "500,000 can be invested in two popular films!" ”

"That was before!" Wang Xiaohu smiled and said: "Sixth uncle, it's been 74 years now, Hong Kong films have developed very rapidly in the past three years, and the route to be taken in the future is big production, big investment, and the actors' salaries will also rise, because this is already the era of the star system, and the people who improve the box office data are all stars, if a film is a newcomer, unless the film is shot very against the sky, no one wants to watch it." ”

In Wang Xiaohu's memory, remuneration is a major obstacle to the development of Hong Kong films, Hong Kong is already very small, and only those dozens of stars are jumping on the screen over and over again, so if investors want to make more profits, they must find stars to participate in the shooting, that salary is the sea, I want 5 million, you don't give it, it's good, someone else will give me 6 million tomorrow, over time, the star's salary has risen wildly, and the budget investment for each film has also risen, making filmmakers miserable.

Run Run Shaw frowned, savored Wang Xiaohu's words for a long time, and finally sighed with a helpless look on his face and said, "Perhaps, you are right, what should we do to avoid this phenomenon?" ”

Wang Xiaohu looked at Run Run Shaw and said with a smile: "Sixth uncle, you are really a fan of the authorities, aren't you doing this now?" ”

"I'm doing it?" Shaw obviously couldn't understand, and frowned and said What did I do?

Wang Xiaohu shook his head and sighed: "TVB wireless artist training class! Sixth uncle, you have held it for four times, and there are a lot of artists who have graduated from it, and you can train them to become screen stars, so that if there are more actors and stars, the salary of the entire market will be reduced, so you don't need to worry about this now. ”

"Oops! You're so right, it's all because the 10 million made me dizzy, but I forgot about it. Run Run Shaw patted his forehead and said, "Then how are we going to get through it now?" ”

"You don't have to boil, just pick up a dozen training artists to directly muddy the water in the market!" Wang Xiaohu smiled and said: "You Shaw Brothers are Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, many actors are actually very potential, Sixth Uncle, you can use the combination of new and old to make them popular, such as Liu Jialiang's younger brother Liu Jiahui." ”

I have to say here that during Wang Xiaohu's time in the United States, Liu Jialiang was reused by Run Run Shaw because the box office performance of "God Hit" exceeded 6 million, and Liu Jialiang has now become the successor of kung fu films after Zhang Che left in Shaw Brothers.

"Boy, I don't have much impression of Liu Jiahui, what aspect of him do you like, hurry up and listen." Run Run Shaw asked impatiently.

"Liu Jialiang's current style of directing kung fu films is close to the embryonic, but according to my observation and understanding of him, he is suitable for taking the southern kung fu route, and if he is allowed to shoot movies in Southern Shaolin, there should be a big breakthrough!" Wang Xiaohu said cautiously, the reason why he is cautious is because he has not seen Liu Jiahui yet, but when he thinks of Liu Jiahui, the first thing that pops out is the bald head, yes, Liu Jiahui is the only actor in the history of Hong Kong film who became popular with a bald monk.

When it comes to Shaolin monks, most of the first thing that comes to mind is Jet Li, a "Shaolin Temple" is popular all over the country, but I don't know that in monk films, Liu Jiahui is more popular in Hong Kong than Jet Li, "Shaolin Thirty-six Rooms", "Shaolin Tent Master", "Wulang Bagua Stick" Three kung fu films that reflect Southern Shaolin made Liu Jiahui popular all the way in Hong Kong, and later in dozens of films made by Shaw Brothers, he almost played a warrior monk. He has been selected as the most popular male star in foreign films for many years.

Liu Jiahui starred in "Shaolin Thirty-six Rooms" created a legend and pushed Shaolin Temple kung fu films to the peak, when Liu Jiahui and Wang Yu's twin partners supported most of the Liu family's class, and became the two most dazzling stars of Shaw Brothers. After the production of Shaw Brothers in 1985, Liu Jiahui's development did not go well, his fame and status were not as good as before, and he could only play supporting roles or villains in movies.

"You're the best at praising people, if you have any good books, take them out directly, and I'll give you the highest price in the market!"

Wang Xiaohu smiled, picked up the teacup and said: "Sixth uncle, you don't have to meet me, I'm the major shareholder of TVB now, how hurtful it is to talk about the script or something, I will borrow some actors from you when I make films in the future, don't embarrass me!" ”

"That's nature, that's nature." Run Run Shaw said with a smile, and after a while, he said: "Xiaohu, have you heard, Golden Harvest is contacting Gu Long, as if he wants to tailor a few scripts for Jackie Chan." ”

"Poof!" Wang Xiaohu almost squirted out the tea he drank in his mouth, he closed his mouth and swallowed the tea with a smile, and then laughed. "Hahaha~ I'm laughing to death."

"Hey, what are you laughing at!" Run Run Shaw asked puzzledly: "In the past, Gu Long wrote the script for Fu Sheng, but now he is stealing business with me, and you are still laughing!" ”

Wang Xiaohu waved his hand and said, "Sixth Uncle, if you want to see jokes, you keep thinking of letting Fu Sheng reason with Gu Long." ”

"Why?"

"Because Gu Long's novels or scripts are not suitable for Jackie Chan to act, if Golden Harvest thinks that if Gu Long is chosen to create costume films, there is only the possibility of losing money." Wang Xiaohu said confidently that he knew that Jackie Chan starred in several movies adapted from Gu Long "Wind and Rain Double Meteor" and "Sword Flower Fireworks and Rain Jiangnan", not that Gu Long's novels are not good, but Jackie Chan is really not suitable for acting.

Wang Xiaohu snapped his fingers and knocked on the teacup and said: "It seems that Jiahe is a disease and has gone to the doctor, very good, very good!" "If Jiahe is smarter, he can continue the current kung fu comedy model formed by Jackie Chan, shoot a few films of a similar style, and also be able to confront himself, but I don't know what Jiahe Zou Wenhuai and the behind-the-scenes boss Long Tiantian think, and they actually went to Gu Long for help, isn't it understandable that it is uncomfortable?

In fact, Wang Xiaohu didn't know that the reason why Golden Harvest invited Gu Long to create a script was also out of helplessness, because the most popular person in the script of martial arts kung fu films in Hong Kong was Wang Xiaohu, and Golden Harvest had just poached Jackie Chan, and it was impossible to buy a good script from Wang Xiaohu

(To be continued)